Cops S01E01 Broward County FL 1 TV x264

(Full 90 second theme) Burt Lancaster - This program was filmed during a one-week period with the Broward County Sheriff's Department in Florida. All Suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Sheriff Nick Navarro says its a unique area - to the east of them they have the Atlantic, to the west a big swamp called the Everglades. Because of the fact they have a labyrinth of waterways it makes the place very appealing to drug smugglers. Thats where they face them on a daily basis. He goes with a SWAT team to a crack house, smashing the door and running in. One asks for a sledgehammer, they break a door, a man is down. Watch it you guys, talk to me, back room is clear, double check them. Bathroom is clear. A woman is down in the kitchen. Nick says its one of the most disgusting sights, the garage is another bedroom where they sleep. There is the crack altar where they smoke it, paraphernalia where they smoke, down here is the toilet on the floor. Its a bucket. This is a typical crack house, thats why the close them down. He is driving and hears on the radio about another officer taken down in the line duty by shooting. He says it always happens to someone else, not to you, can tell you one thing, hes been to too many funerals already. Hes had more cops killed in FL in 1987 than the state of NY. Thats a tradition. He goes to the officer's funeral. There is a fire by his house on the way home. Nick goes home, asks his wife to get off the phone to call in about it. She hangs up. He asks about any flammables there, any potential of spread. If you see any potential please let him know and hell head down. He hangs up, hes sorry, what a way to come home, thats the way its been all day, another beautiful day. On the TV news they say its the worst fire in the everglades, its a chemical plant in the Port. Don from the news reports on scene. Communications center - a call of something on a 900 block.

(District 2) Deputy Jerry Wurms stops a black man in his car at a convenience store and finds a gun. A man and a woman are seen in a known drug area and are questioned because he is white in an all black area. When he goes to get her wallet out of the car he takes it and runs. Jerry chases him and says, "Stop or I'll shoot you in the back!" He doesn't stop. He is caught and they are both arrested. She goes insane and screams her innocence.

(Headquarters - Organized Crime Division) Capt. Ron Cacciatore takes calls and answers questions from Sgt. Dennis Gavalier and Deputy Vicki Cutcliffe. He then goes out and talks to an officer and goes to a coke buy at a train station. He and the undercover officer catch a guy with his wife with two kilos of coke and bags of cash. The girl doesn't want to talk and just wants to puke. Drug Task Force Briefing - A map is on the board and the group discusses it.

(7:03 PM Field Briefing) During a lightning storm. Ron returns home to watch Superman on TV and his wife heard about the train bust on the news and wants to talk about it. She wants to know the details, but he doesn't want to talk about it. She says she married him because he is a cop and thought their lives would be exciting, but their communication level is zero. He says he just wants to relax and not talk about work. Besides, if he did tell her, he'd have to kill her.

(7:15 PM Warrant Served) Their driver is told to slow down and then the cops spill out and slam into a crack house. A giant fat, black man won't surrender and they have to tackle him. Another suspect who makes the drugs is questioned. It is his parents' house and they all will be arrested. The son refuses to talk and he tells him he had his chance.

(9:00 AM) Sgt. Richard Scheff goes to work and gets a call about a dead body found floating in a nearby canal. They go there by helicopter as it is pulled out. They found his clothes on the shore inside out. He is nude and his body has not been eaten yet and there is no sign of trauma.

(Roll Call District 2) Lt. Bob Rios talks about the guy Jerry chased in the first part. He talks about how it is to be a cop and about his girlfriend. She is Deputy Linda Canada whom he works with. We then see her stop a suspected prostitute, then an older woman on the street.

(8:45 AM Canada Home) Jerry makes breakfast for her two kids including a two year old and he explains how he is planning on moving in with her. They eat breakfast and read about an officer who just died.

(Officer in Court) Airport Interdiction Officer - Vickie goes to the airport and randomly searches people for drugs and most give her a hard time. Then she is at home with her two kids playing in the yard. The next day she and her partner are at the airport searching people again. The second guy is all nervous, then gets angry and says the bag he has isn't is. Then he wants a warrant. Then he admits the bag is his. She arrests him and he goes nuts and starts fighting everyone and she goes down. They take him away and find he had a stolen gun and six ounces of coke. He then calls his girlfriend and mom to tell them he's going away for a while. Vickie has been doing the same job for ten years.

(Crackdown Briefing) On July 8th they are going to arrest 150 people, tow 200 cars and bulldoze houses. Sheriff Nick then goes up in a helicopter and the rest of the team gears up.

(8:47 AM Crack House Warrant) The team enters a house and finds a Tech 9, sawed off, pistols and bags of drugs.

(11:16 AM Reverse Drug Sting) Jerry and Linda are in a car while a cop makes deals on the street.

(1:45 PM Buy Busts).

(4:35 PM Street Sweeps) A screaming woman is arrested. Then Richard watches the 10 O'clock news of the days coverage and Vicki talks about finding kids at drug busts.